Our workshops provide both the theory and practice for Holzer AgroEcology.  There are lecture and hands-on components to all of our workshops. 

 

Curriculum is drawn from the certification program and guided by the project at hand and the interests of the students.  Renatured landscapes provide living examples of Holzer's Agro-Ecology.  Our workshops strive to help develop as many of these examples as possible.

 

 

Agro-forestry - Foundations of forest management and Agro-forestry

 

Aquaculture - Ponds, water gardens, and fish and crab/crayfish breeding

 

Crops - Alternative cropping systems, alternative gardens, fruit and wild fruit growing, and mushroom cultivation

 

Animal Husbandry - Appropriate handling of livestock

 

Landscaping - Terraces/soil reservoirs, dry and wet biomes, herb spirals, hugelkulturs, crater gardens, and raised beds.

 

Botany - Identification of native trees, shrubs, and herbs, and basic properties, features, and characteristics

 

Food and Nutrition - Self-sufficiency, preparing and preserving your own harvest

 

Old and Proven Farming Techniques - Diverse traditional harvesting and processing techniques (such as Scythe mowing)

 

Concept Development and Planning - Creating operational concepts for measuring and planning principles

 

Each workshop's curriculum is site and situation dependent.